The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-10-04

/ la u u inc CHRISTIAN, LOOKING DeyOuu LIE
! troubles of this world to a meeting with
their loved ones whether they wore the
| blue or the grayl in that land where there
! Is no strife, and where love and peace reign
eternally. A war that has demonstrated all
! this surely cannot be considered an I'M
mixed evil Let us then, my countrymen,
/ forget the pain, the sorrow, the suffering,
the discord and mutually cherish the memo
ries of which America shall be proud
! forever
! May be pardoned here for saying word
! peculiar to the women of the South. From
[ the very nature of the case they were called
upon to bear much that their sisters of The
/ North happily knew nothing or Added to
the great sorrow of parting from loved
ones, there was for nearly all of them the
reduction from wealth or comfort to a
poverty that was almost sordid. Their
homes were destroyed in the red trail of
armies; they We're deprived of all save the
plaineSt food; they stripped themselves of
every luxury that the men in the field
might have some measure of comfort. Of
all the Thousand little things that give a
charm and grace to women's life they knew
nothing for years. And yet every word
that came to us from them was word of
comfort, of hope and of good cheer. Oh,
my friends, join me in saying, as do from
the bottom of my heart, God bless them!
God bless them. for what they were to us
your women would be to you to-day were
the call made upon them.
Mr.. Chairman, | gave expression to the
hope that the near future would witness
this mutual honoring of blue and gray. In
deed the day for the fulfillment of that hope
has already dawned. What other meaning
has the reunion of the followers of Meade
and Lee upon the bloody field of Gettys-
burg. What the march of Cardinals sons
through the streets of Boston under the
shadow Of Bunker Hill, the honored guests
of the Old Bay State: What other meaning
is there to my presence here with youf We
| look into each others eyes, we recognize
a common brotherhood and common
destiny. Parted we may have been
in the past, but for the future be-
lieve that the interests of this great country
are dear to lis as to yourselves. For
| eign aggression would he as reSolutely re-
| PEELED by Georgia as by Connecticut, by
Virginia as by New York. A generation
| of young men has grown up since the last
sound of cannon at Apponlattox. They
love the memory of their fathers and glory
in their deeds. Were it not so they would
not be worthy of your respect. Yet they
have also learned that the destinies of every
part of this mighty Union are inseparable,
and fathers and sons alike have accepted
the result of the struggle in loyalty and
good faith We only ask a generous Gre
dence of this from our brethren of the North
and we believe that in your hearts you will
give it to us
have already trespassed too much upon
your time, but there is one subject more that
| must touch upon. 1t was my privilege a
few days since to ride i'll the staff of the
Governor of Georgia, the knightly John B.
Gordon, during the great parade in Phila
delphla, at the centennial of the adoption Of
the constitution. | was witness to the glo-
rious welcome ut might almost be called an
ovatiOnJ that he received from that mass of
humanity that stretched on each side of the
way for nearly six miles of our route. No
conquering hero could have asked more
than was accorded without stint by the peo-
to him. AS Georgiap it filed any
heart with prido though at first
it was difficult for any of us to understand.
But it dawned upon me that the people
saw in Gordon not the representative of
political principles of a past generation
Had he been that and nothing more, no
hand would have waved in welcome there,
no voice would have cheered him. What
the people saw i'll Gordon what brought
him close to the popular heart, was the fact
that he Is perhaps one of the trueSt, best
types of the Southern soldier and of South
ern manhood now living They saw in him
the man who sprung from the people,
reared in the walks of civil life. had worked
MS way to the highest military position by
brilliant daring and ability. who had ever
borne his proud position without fear and
without reproach; and who, when the war
ended had devoted every energy of his
heart and soul to the work of reconciliation,
of harmony and of peace.
MIR. Chairman, he truly represented us In
that Forgetting the things that are be-
hind, in the sense of forgetting resentment,
bitterness and strife, the South would now
''press forward hand in hand with the
North, to the wonderful future that is before
US all. And with you we would join in that
glad song of triumphant thankfulneSs:
Great God! thank Thee for this land,
This bounteous brthland of the free,
Where wanderers from afar may come
And breathe the air of liberty;
Still may her flowers untlamped spring,
Her harvests wave, her cities rise,
And yet till Time shall fold his wing,
Remain earths loveliest paradise
GEN. HAwLEY AGAIN.
After Col. OlmStead's address Gen. Haw-
ley said we were all delighted with his as
surances of good will, and endorsed all he
had said of our common fealty to one flag
and one constitution. The influential and
thoughtful men of the whole South are fully
accepting the results of the great struggle.
Had the Confederates won we should ex-
pect them to collect the Judgment to the
last farthing. The defenders of the Union
must be expected that what was won should
remain untarnished and undiininshed The
God of battles was summoned to decide the
great issue and all must abide by His de-
cision. Col Olnstead and Gen. Hawley
shook hands upon this heartily, and the vet
Grams and citizens applauded enthusiast
cally.
Capt. " B. Chamberlain was introduced
as one who had been an enforced guest of
Col Olmstead at Fort Wagner. Capt.
Chamberlain alluded to his call upon the
Colonel at that fort, and with deep emotion
spoke of the deadly assault and how it was
impossible not to go forward when the
brave and lamented Col. Rodman led and
said come. He told how, when lie and his
companions had reached the parapet and
We're compelled to surrender he was met by
Col Omstead and his command, and on ex-
tending his sword was met with compli-
ments for the men who had shown such
bravery in the assault He spoke
with great earnestness and feeling,
as he always does when talking to his war
comrades aud then said he wanted to have
the veterans see "a Southern woman, the
daughter of the gallant Col. Olmstead, of
Savannah Miss Olmstead, a brightlooking
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